Workplace Safety Law

Workplace Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国安全生产法

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted June 29, 2002, effective Nov. 1, 2002; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended Aug. 31, 2014, effective Dec. 1, 2014; amended June 10, 2021, effective Sept. 1, 2021)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter: Ministry of Emergency Management
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2020, 2021
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd (final) round: June 2021 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: January 2021 (Chinese only)
  • State Council public consultation: June 2017 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Jan. 20, 2021)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (June 7, 2021)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 10, 2021)
  • Presidential Order (June 10, 2021)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Grants Broader Legislative Powers to Shanghai & Hainan, Widens Scope of Public Interest Litigation by Procuratorates (June 14, 2021)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Legal Aid Law, Wetlands Protection Law, Family Education Law, Education Law Amendment, Workplace Safety Law Amendment & Two Other Bills (Jan. 27, 2021)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Public Health, Coast Guard, Legal Aid, Wetlands Protection, Education & Workplace Safety (Jan. 12, 2021)